the fire place surround in the family room

has been an eye sore for me from almost day one in this house. i just didn't care for the very dated "gold". so finally bud decided to paint it over the weekend and now it looks like this and up to date! ahhhh...much better. it's amazing what a little paint can do. :)
the tussie-mussie i made awhile back now has a small bokay of bittersweet in it! just right for fall.
pouty cully after he got home from being groomed. it was like he was mad at me or something!? by dinner time he was over it.what a dog. gotta love him tho,he's a keeper.
and last but, not least, my sweet pea,kaylie. i know i've posted this one before or at least i think i have but, it's a favorite of her,so her she is. have a nice day!

getting ready for fall

now that we have some nice cool weather. i love fall and all the wonderful colors that it brings but,not so much what comes after!lol! anyway, just thought i would show you the front entry. i love this jar with my first communion rosary on it so i left that and changed out the green apples for pine cones. i got this arrangement last year and hung it on the front door but, it got so smooshed that i decided to hang it on the wall instead. i kinda like it there.

the table behind the sofa in the family room.... this leaf is much better on the front door. and of course what would a post from me be without a photo of my sweet pea? isn't she a cutie pie?
have a nice day!

trying to get

all my photos somewhat organized,so that i can just open this pretty box and they will be at my fingertips instead of in the envelopes above that are now in the garbage. much easier and better! i still have a not very eye pleasing scrap space but, hopefully i will get that changed around soon! not holding my breath tho....i wish the computer and all my stuff was upstairs so i had some great natural light,more than i have in the basement would be great! i have windows but, they are small....i love to look outside and it's not happening downstairs. maybe someday....

my sweet pea is growing so fast, she is five months old now! look at her playing on the floor with her toys...love this baby girl.....

have a nice day!

good monday morning

it was a quiet productive weekend around here. lots of outside work got done like trimming trees and bushes and weeding. when that was done bud decided to start making his little princess a rocking chair. he found a pattern somewhere,i don't remember and started cutting it out. and this is the result...he plans on painting it white and putting kaylie's name on the back in small stenciled letters with a couple of flowers on either side of her name. his idea,not mine. except for painting it white,he was going to paint it lavender/purple. blech,i talked him out of that,now it just will be her name in lavender! thank-goodness!
our little sweet pea taken yesterday by her mom. she is really into her tongue! cutie pie!
cully was totally exhausted after "helping" with all the day's activities!lol!

have a nice day!

quiet weekend

but, i think next weekend this little princess will be here. i'm hoping anyway.... got this great ribbon and fun papers at archiver's monday when i was with vic and cat. they are gorgeous. i really need more paper like a hole in the head but, yes i'm weak and had to have it!

these have kaylie "written" all over them so i need to get busy and start scrapping! easier said than done!;)

have a nice weekend!

i love vintage buttons

and when i heard/found out about meg,http://www.princesslasertron.com/ and her beautiful button bokays well, i was a bit giddy! i got this mother of pearl bokay yesterday. i had the vase and just took the red button off and put one of my own m-o-p buttons on instead. i love it! i like the way this little vignette looks....what do you think?
speaking of vignettes,that is the name of this store in the old market. we didn't make it in there on monday but, it's something to look forward to doing soon. looks awesome from the outside....

love these three lights in a store in the old market...
this old telephone booth is such an eye catcher. it is at spaghetti works.....

have a nice day!

such a fun day

spent with cat and vic in omaha yesterday! the old market is so quaint and beautiful! lots of great photo opps down there! plants everywhere,very lush and green...
loved this sweet potato vine just hanging there at the very top row of windows..... so vintage and cool....
i thought this was so pretty and different.
it was a beautiful day and alot of fun!